Search Results: The Kentucky Rifle by Captain John G W Dillin

Hardcover. Good. First edition without box or jacket. Cover rubbed with edge wear around points. Front and back hinges are lightly cracked but binding is solid. Inside book either unread or gently read. rb17

National Rifle Assoication of America. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 135 pp; Author flat signed, nice tight book with occasional foxing, covers foxed, remains a nice tight copy with little worn. .

George Shumway Publishing, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 6th Printing. Large Quarto. A sharp, like new copy. A large, heavy book which will require extra shipping charges - cannot ship outside U.S.A..

Washington D.C.: National Rifle Association of America, 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. A study of the origin and development of a purely American type of firearm, together with accurate historical data concerning early Colonial gunsmiths, and profusely illustrated with photographic reproduction of their finest work, 124 pages plus 126 full page plates and reference index. The rare first edition. Cloth binding, gilt title on front cover, frontispiece photograph of John Shell riflemaker. Cloth a little worn at tips of corners and base of spine, small stains on a few pages endpapers professional replaced, invoice from Oregon Bookbinding Co. laid-in. Howes D342.

Washington, D.C: National Rifle Association of America, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 124 pages. 9" x 12-1/4". In addition to 124 pages of text (20 chapters tracing the development of the Kentucky rifle), there are 125 full page photographic plates of Kentucky rifles and historic locations. This beautiful historic reference is "a study of the origin and development of a purely American type of firearm, together with accurate historical data concerning early Colonial gunsmiths, and profusely illustrated with photographic reproduction of their finest work." All pages intact and tightly bound. Lightly soiled with age. Cover worn but in good condition.

Palladium Press, 1998. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Near Fine. Palladium Press, 1998. Signed by Author on blank page. 124 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. Size: 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Burgundy leather. The binding is genuine pigskin Saderra leather, Himilaya grain. Endpapers are 300-denier silk moire. Edges are gilded and spines are brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold, ribbon bookmark. The National Rifle Association. Signed Hunting Fishing::Hunting Antiques Collectibles::Weapons 6607L 6607L

Washingon, DC: National Rifle Association, 1924. First Edition. Quarto. 124 pages of text, 126 pages of glossy Black and White images of the rifles as well as tools used in their production, early advertisements, etc. The extensive photographs of the variations of the Kentucky rifle are the reason this work has never been superseded. Laid in is a letter dated September 20, 1928 from the National Rifle Association to William C. Schwab of New York City with a desire to discuss together again the fine points of the Kentucky Rifle. Only 550 were bound of this first edition. Bound in blue cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, spine plain, light rubbing front cover, two bumped corners, spine evenly faded, scattered foxing to title page only. Typed letter laid in from the National Rifle Association of America. A very good copy. [Howes D-342].